Man steals snake from pet expo, leaves his child behind

In what has to be one of the most bizarre snake-related news stories ever, a man attending the Great Lakes Pet Expo walked off with a corn snake, and left his little boy behind. From WISN.com:

Exhibitors at State Fair Park said they were just starting to pack up Saturday night at the Great Lakes Pet Expo when the incident happened. Cindy Steinle runs the reptile exhibit and said a volunteer was showing a corn snake to a boy when the boy's father walked off with the snake. "In the 20 years I've been doing education like this, we've never had someone steal an animal and leave a child behind," Steinle said. "He (the volunteer) had given the snake to the child to pet and to hold, and the child handed the snake off to his father and his father left, leaving his child behind." Organizers said the snake is only worth about $40 so they were baffled by the theft.

The child is now with his mother, and the snake has been returned as well. Read more, and see a video interview with Steinle here.